External hard drive

**Skeeve** · 10-08-2009

Originally Posted by Stunt0Rider

if he had a $100 budget making a x-HD or home server is not going to happen.

Also running a stable secure home server is not easy for average users. The keyword there is SAFE AND SECURE.

Yea it would take more than $100 to have a decent home server, but maintaining it wouldnt really be that hard, a small home server can be nothing more than a pc with a large drive in it connected to the network with no actual outside access.

**Thunderturd** · 10-09-2009

that would be a LAN Server.

**Skeeve** · 10-09-2009

which would also be a home server in that its in his home and only he has access to it. I have 3 of them running now.

**Mad Monkey** · 10-09-2009

ive got a server that is smaller then my desktop PC, its awsome!

**flash527** · 10-09-2009

he said he was computer retarded, and no offense to the OP, but a LAN server is a level above a simple backup drive.... dude jus needs a HD. lets keep it simple

**Thunderturd** · 10-09-2009

Originally Posted by Skeeve

which would also be a home server in that its in his home and only he has access to it. I have 3 of them running now.

The correct term is LAN Server.

Local Area Network Server.

A home server could mean you run a website at your house. I know someone who has a home server that he hosts games on, like L4D and CS:S.

**Skeeve** · 10-09-2009

Let me guess, you have a degree in comp science? AAS maybe? and yes it could mean you were running a website, key word being could, there was no mention of running websites, just a simple home server, in his HOME

**Skeeve** · 10-09-2009

im sorry, not trying to come across harsh there, i do apologize for that, my competitive nature shining through, i have been in the pc field for 15 years now and have been using them since i was 6... i tend to get in arguments when someones opinions differ from mine where pc stuff is concerned... again i apologize
so wausau huh? i used to live in wis rapids <--- hellhole

**Mad Monkey** · 10-10-2009

to the OP - go to bestbuy, grab a portable HDD preferably a 2.5 becuse thoes dont NEED power to work but some will only run at like 1.0 witout power kinda thing (seen it once or twice)
sadly i havnt been in the market for an external in some time so i dont know exactly what they do and do not need these days. But smaller the better, a TB would be great to have but trust me its hard to fill unless you have ALOT of porn lol

**Thunderturd** · 10-10-2009

Working on a degree in Networking.

A home Server can be connected to the internet. A LAN server is just that, Local. And I was saying if he was inexperienced in pc's then running a system like could be hard because of security issues.

End of argument

WI is hellhole all together.

**Skeeve** · 10-10-2009

Originally Posted by Stunt0Rider

Working on a degree in Networking.

A home Server can be connected to the internet. A LAN server is just that, Local. And I was saying if he was inexperienced in pc's then running a system like could be hard because of security issues.

End of argument

WI is hellhole all together.

Amen to that man, that why im in FL now!!!!!